"The problem is that during the 1980s, a……" — Richard Leakey
"The problem is that during the 1980s, a decade of heavy poaching, the elephants retreated to safer areas. And now people have moved into the corridors once used by the elephants."
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43 Quotes by Richard Leakey
Richard Leakey has 43 quotes on this site.
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My father used to say that, through culture, humans effectively domesticated themselves.
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Echoing the criticism made of his father's habilis skulls, he added that Lucy's skull was so incomplete that most of…
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It's the next annihilation of vast numbers of species. It is happening now, and we, the human race, are its…
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In the area of species protection, we should concern ourselves with what is right as opposed to what might be…
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Climate change: We have never faced a more critical time on our planet
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It has taken biologists some 230 years to identify and describe three quarters of a million insects; if there are…
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It occurred to me that if I did not handle the crash correctly, there would be no survivors.
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For fossils to thrive, certain favorable circumstances are required. First of all, of course, remnants of life have to be…
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Paleoanthropology is not a science that ends with the discovery of a bone. One has to have the original to…
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The elephants were being slaughtered in masses. Some were even killed in the vicinity of big tourist hotels.
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Sadly, I am not able to take part in the fieldwork myself so much anymore, as both of my legs…
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Whether or not all this came to pass in an East African ditch, I wouldn't like to say. Perhaps it…
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Science and fiction both begin with similar questions: What if? Why? How does it all work? But they focus on…
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The Sixties was a time of breaking down class barriers, although I think class still exists today in some areas.
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I came to live in Shepperton in 1960. I thought: the future isn't in the metropolitan areas of London. I…
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Friends, there are many areas in which I need encouragement, but worrying is not one of them. I worry the…
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I am concerned because even in the past two years that were the jubilee years, I have seen evident signs…
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Genetic modification has many different areas, for example in medicine, and Britain is at the leading edge of this new…
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The nature of music is mysterious and so much so that it generates strong emotions within us. It moves along…
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You have an impeccable argument if you said that Singapore, Hong Kong, and Tokyo are food capitals. They have a…
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I have certain physical features that I favor over others. We all have our areas.
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I don't know really, it doesn't feel like it has changed to me but I think to have to move…
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Always, always powder your T-zone and the lines going from your nose down around your mouth so you don't look…
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